Our origins : discovering physical anthropology / Clark Spencer Larsen

Includes appedices, bibliographical references, and index.

What Is Physical Anthropology? -- Evolution: Constructing a Fundamental Scientific Theory -- Genetics: Reproducing Life and Producing Variation -- Genes and Their Evolution: Population Genetics -- Biology in the Present: Living People -- Biology in the Present: The Other Living Primates -- Primate Sociality, Social Behavior, and Culture -- Fossils and Their Place in Time and Nature -- Primate Origins and Evolution: The First 50 Million Years -- Early Hominid Origins and Evolution: The Roots of Humanity -- The Origins and Evolution of Early Homo -- The Origins, Evolution, and Dispersal of Modern People -- Our Last 10,000 Years: Agriculture, Population, and the Bioarchaeology of a Fundamental Transition -- Evolution: Today and Tomorrow

"Author Clark Larsen, a leading figure in the field and a teacher at The Ohio State University, knows firsthand the level of detail that students need to grasp the major concepts. With even more of the unparalleled art and thoughtful pedagogy found in the First Edition, coverage of the latest discoveries and theories, and expanded treatment of several key topics, Our Origins, Second Edition, provides students with the tools they need to visualize and remember key concepts and to answer the “Big Questions” in physical anthropology."